Merlock's Murmurings

Thursday, March 17, 2016

The Democratic-Republican Party was the second party of the
United States and is considered defunct as of 1824. However, given the current state of affairs
in the US Government, many Americans consider the current “two” parties to
actually be one. Hence, instead of there
being a Democratic Party and a Republican Party, we are actually governed by
the Democratic-Republican Party.

Granted the two parties run against each other, but in the
end, they both have basically the same goal.
The goal is to create a stratified social arrangement where people in
the political class have special privilege.
The two parties push this agenda in different ways, but their end game
is the same. People in both parties either
are not concerned about the status of the country as a whole or believe that
their having increased control is the best outcome for the country.

Democrats work to build this social arrangement by
segmenting people and pitting each segment against either another segment, the
Republicans, or the country. Blacks are
told that this country is too racist to allow them to achieve on their
own. Hispanics are targeted with
messages that Republicans want to export them, regardless of their citizen
status. The LGBT community is told that the
country believes that they should be scorned and derided by not allowing them
to have equal rights as other citizens. Other
groups are similarly targeted.

Republicans attempt to build this social arrangement in a
different way. They campaign against
issues and then “cave” to Democrats once they are in office. They campaign against illegal immigration, but
then take no action once in government. This
provides a significant underclass of uneducated workers which provides cheap
labor but primarily seeds the creation of a classed society in the United
States. They campaign about reducing the
size of government, but then push forward government expansion measures under
the guise of national security.

Both parties rail against corporate welfare, however, that
is where their power really lies. The
ability of the federal government to provide favors or exemptions to
restrictive laws and regulations is the ultimate power that they crave. They’ll even couch this ability as nuance
that is needed. Of course, this nuance
can only be applied correctly by the best and brightest in our country. Whether it be restrictive water regulations
or particular tax exceptions, the political class gains personally and
financially by being able to judiciously give their blessings.

Along the way, these two parties have implemented
restrictions at every political level to make it harder for a non-establishment
party to gain political power. To run as
a Democratic or Republican candidate requires satisfying one set of rules, but
to run as an independent or other non-establishment party requires jumping over
even higher hurdles. So while the
parties talk as if they are opposition, they have worked collusively for many
years to work towards their shared goal.

Current evidence of this attitude in the Republican Party
can be found in the discussions regarding the potential of a Trump
candidacy. The party is actively discussing
and acting in ways to create a situation where the party can “rescue” the
nomination process. It’s telling that
the party has become so arrogant that these discussions are no longer ‘back-room’
discussions. They are more concerned
about losing control of their party than losing to their partners (the
Democrats). With their stranglehold on political
competition intact, they are comfortable openly showing this contempt.